Baggage and parcel carrier



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No. 460,392. Patented Sept. 29,1891.

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No. 460,392. Patented Sept. '29, 1891.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

MORGAN D. KALBAOH, OF LEBANON, PENNSYLVANIA.

BAGGAGE AND PARCEL CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 460,392, dated September 29, 1891. Application filed March 12, 1891. Serial No. 384,820. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MORGAN D. KALBAOH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lebanon, in the county of Lebanon and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Baggage and Parcel Carrier, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to baggage and parcel carriers adapted to be worn upon the person, and by means of which the wearer will be able to carry pieces of baggage, parcels, and bundles of various sizes and numbers.

To this end the invention consists of a device constructed substantially as hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and as illustrated on the two sheets of drawings, where- 111- Figure 1 is a general view of this device as applied to a man and showing it in use. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken just above the brace. Fig. 3 is a perspective detail of the hook.

Referring to the said drawings, the letter P designates a padded block adapted to rest upon the wearers shoulder,- and S is a strap connected to one side of this block, leading normally around the wearers neck and having holes by which it is adjustably connected to a pin 19 in the other side of the block. From the sides of this block lead auxiliary chains 0, which pass thence outwardly and down in front and in rear of the wearers body to a curved waist-bar W, near whose ends these chains are connected. This bar extends around the wearers body and maybe padded where it rests lightly upon his hip, whereby a portion of the weight of the device will be sustained thereby.

The letters B designate brace-rods which extend outwardly from the bar V and preferably converge slightly toward their outer ends, the latter being connected by a short arm A. This part of the device I call the brace, and it will be obvious that it will stand out horizontally from the waist. The outer end of the block P and the outer face of the arm A are preferably slightly curved or dished, for a purpose to be set forth hereinafter.

Depending from the shoulder-block P are the main chains 0, which extend downwardly and outwardly to the arm A, to the opposite ends of which they are connected and hang for a short distance below the same, short horizontal rods H, preferably, there connecting them at suitable points, as shown. To these chains are connected good-sized rings R, and similar rings may be loosely mounted upon certain of the brace-rods B, if desired. Each link of the chain 0 below the arm A is bent at its lower end into an eye I, which engages an eye i in the upper end of the link next below, and after completing this eye I it extends upwardly, as at U, to form a hook. In the device illustrated there are six of these hooks, upon which small packagessuch as baskets, buckets, and other articles having bailsmay be hung and other small packages may be passed through the rings R. A good-sized parcel may be carried by the device by resting it against the outer curved faces of the block P and the arm A and strapping or securing it thereon in any suitable manner, and if the parcel be heavy it may be rested upon the brace, whereby it will be positively supported. When in place upon the body of the wearer, his arm extends outwardly between the chains 0 and 0, although it may be put in the position shown in dotted lines, whereby the wearer is able to hold the package in place, or it may rest on the outer curved face of the arm A. Then not in use, the device can be folded into small compass, as will be readily understood.

The device can be easily manufactured and put upon the market at but small cost, and it is highly useful for messenger-boys and others whose avocations necessitate their carrying bundles.

Various changes in the details of construction may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What is claimed as new is- 1. The herein-described parcel-carrier, the same comprising a padded shoulder-block, a strap for holding the same in position, chains depending from said block, and hooks in said chains, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The herein-described parcel-carrier, the same comprising a shoulder-block, a neckstrap fastened at one end rigidly thereto and adj ustably at its other end, chains depending too from said block, hooks in said chains, and a brace at the waist holding said chains from the body, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The herein-described parcel-carrier, the same comprising a shoulder-block, a neckstrap fastened thereto, a curved waist-bar, brace-rods ex tending outwardly therefrom, an arm at the outer end thereof, auxiliary chains connecting said block and bar, main chains connecting said block with the ends of the arm and extending below the same, horizontal rods connecting said chains below the arm, and hooks in said chains at their junctions with said rods, as and for the purpose set forth.

4. The herein-described parcel-carrier, the same comprising a curved waist-bar, bracerods extending outwardly therefrom, an arm at the outer end thereof, means, substantially as described, for supporting said members from the shoulder, and chains depending from the ends of said arm, the lower end of each link of said chains being bent into an eye and then upwardly to form a hook, and the upper end of each link having an eye loosely linked into said other eye, as and for the purpose set forth.

5. The herein-described parcel-carrier,the same comprising an arm A, means, substantially as described, for supporting the same from the shoulder and holding it outwardly from the waist, chains depending from the ends of this arm and having upwardly-opening hooks at the junctions of their links, and horizontal cross-bars connecting said junc- -tions, all as and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MORGAN D. KALBACH.

\Vitnesses:

E. L. HAIN, JNo. B. EARLEY. 

